A well intentioned rant about the current state of Advertising, with particular emphasis on Big Dumb Agencies (BDA's) Because, no matter how bad you think it is, it's actually a great deal worse!
"Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill pail." George Orwell.

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Just what we need... Another agency of the future… Yawn!

There’s a new start up in Boulder by the somewhat pretentious name… Victors and Spoils, which is a breakaway group from CP+B. And yes, they are claiming to be a “different kind of agency.” This one is all about the hot idea du jour… Yes, fucking crowdsourcing. Which basically means no work will take place in-house and everything will be freelanced out, probably as some kind of competition, this means anyone dumb enough to do it will get fucking peanuts even if they are the lucky winner. Losers will, no doubt, get fuck all. Ha, there’s a breakthrough. According to the COO, who comes from a game video company… The agency will seek ideas from outside sources, while an internal “creative department is curating and directing that crowd.” So, it will be just like freelancing for a BDA, when you bust your chops to come up with stuff, the in-house CD shits all over everything, and probably ends up doing it him/her self. According to the New York Times, when asked about their clients, the partners at Victors and Spoils replied… “We can’t say who they are.” Well, good luck guys, I think you’re going to need it.

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Just what we need... Another agency of the future… Yawn!

There’s a new start up in Boulder by the somewhat pretentious name… Victors and Spoils, which is a breakaway group from CP+B. And yes, they are claiming to be a “different kind of agency.” This one is all about the hot idea du jour… Yes, fucking crowdsourcing. Which basically means no work will take place in-house and everything will be freelanced out, probably as some kind of competition, this means anyone dumb enough to do it will get fucking peanuts even if they are the lucky winner. Losers will, no doubt, get fuck all. Ha, there’s a breakthrough. According to the COO, who comes from a game video company… The agency will seek ideas from outside sources, while an internal “creative department is curating and directing that crowd.” So, it will be just like freelancing for a BDA, when you bust your chops to come up with stuff, the in-house CD shits all over everything, and probably ends up doing it him/her self. According to the New York Times, when asked about their clients, the partners at Victors and Spoils replied… “We can’t say who they are.” Well, good luck guys, I think you’re going to need it.